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A;- It all depends on the conditions; the bridge was glistening. Q;- Tell us what you know? A;- If the planking of the draw is all ice, and the brakes not good, you could not stop the auto? Q;- And if the brakes were in good shape? A;- Less than forty feet. Q;- You say he put on the footbrake, not the handbrake? You saw him do it? A;- Yes, I saw him. I didn't say I saw him put on the foot brake; I saw him reach for the emergency. Q;- Mr Hutchison, supposing he had used the hand brake in an emergency could he have stopped that car? A;- If the brakes were in good shape, stopped it in forty feet. Q;- But supposing the footbrake were not in good shape, suppose it were independent entirely of one wheel? A;- Forty feet with one wheel, if he could stop with two in twenty, stop with one on forty. Q;- In other words it would take him twice as long, if the handbrake was operated only with one hand. Now if the handbrake was operating only on one wheel, within was distance can you stop? A;- Something about the same. If the handbrake were not effective it is useless to apply the other at all. Q;- And if the footbrake were effective only in one wheel would it be the cause of the accident? A;- Take longer, perhaps to stop. Q;- And that would be the cause of the accident? A;- Well, yes. Q;- If you were forty five feet away when you saw that gate when he applied the emergency brake, and supposing the emergency brake didn't work, and supposing the foot brake didn't work only on one wheel, there's only one fact,- over you go into the water? A;- Without they put red lights on the gates.
